Every
holiday, throngs of Singaporean families head down under for several
days, visiting big cities like Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. And
it seems they've seen it all, from the koalas to the vineyards and
the theme parks, hence the typical response to the next trip would
be, "What else is there to see in Australia?"
Plenty, according to Terence Cao, Sharon
Au, Jacelyn Tay and other celebrities who experienced different
flavours of Australia in Flavours of Australia, the latest
travelogue programme from Ch 8. The celebs travel in pairs to various
unique places in Australia and return with souvenirs for viewers
to win, ranging from an autographed oil painting to honeydew melon
hard liquor.
Jaime Teo and Terence Cao got to
"enjoy a candlelight dinner worth $700 in a desert" and
Jacelyn Tay "walked the ocean floor, trying to find Nemo".
Jacelyn further jests, "I do all the shopping while Hanwei
[her team partner] does all the outdoor and climbing stuff."
Likewise, Joey Swee also experiences something fun and magical in
Australia.
"I
got in touch with the other side of me and I realise that life is
more than just work and more work. I was in this forest all by myself
and I experienced this quietness and happiness," she philosophies
in Mandarin.
When quizzed by UrbanWire
on her mystifying philosophy, she explains, "I felt so alone
in that forest and I wished there was someone with me right there.
I told myself I need to get married soon." Perhaps Joey's eagerness
to get hitched was due to her team partner Ivy Lee who brought along
her daughter. It made Joey "envious of the mother-daughter
love they displayed".
Joey
sums up her experience pointedly, "It was beautiful in Perth's
King Park. The grass is so green, the sky and sea is so blue and the
flowers are so red!"
So, next time if someone asked the question, "What's to see in
Australia?" go ahead and tell that person there's a bluer sky
than the one here in Singapore, according to Joey Swee.
Flavours of Australia airs Tues, 8
pm from Feb 10.
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